Barwhill
Barrow(S) (Prehistoric), Square Barrow (Iron Age)
Site Name Barwhill
Classification Barrow(S) (Prehistoric), Square Barrow (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 63640
Site Number NX55NE 19
NGR NX 59646 57131
NGR Description centred on NX 59646 57131
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63640
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Girthon
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55NE 19 centred on 596 571.
Listed. No additional information.
A E Truckell 1984.
Five barrows (APCree 1-5), visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs, are situated on a broad, flat terrace set above the E bank of the Water of Fleet, W of Gatehouse of Fleet cemetery. A sixth barrow (APCree 6) is situated on the terrace to the NNW of the cemetery. A ditch, measuring between 1m and 2m across, defines the barrows, five of which measure between 6m and 10m across within the ditch (APCree 2-6), while the sixth (APCree 1) measures about 3m across. One of the barrows (APCree 2) is clearly square, while a further three (APCree 3-5) appear to have at least a straight side. The other two barrows (APCree 1, 6) are round. Set centrally within each barrow there is a burial pit measuring up to 2m across.
(APCree 1-6)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 23 February 1995
Aerial Photographic Transcription (11 October 1994 - 28 October 1994)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (1 March 2012)
Project (3 October 2012)
NX 59646 57131 and NX 59676 57117 A small scale community geophysical survey was carried out on 3 October 2012 by volunteers as part of a series of events by Discovering Dumfries and Galloway’s Past, run by the University of Glasgow.
Both magnetic and resistance surveys were carried out in a field to the immediate W of Girthon Cemetery, in a field in which quarry pits for the Glenlochar to Gatehouse-of-Fleet Roman road were visible on aerial photographs, as well as enclosure ditches of possible square barrows. The quarry pits of the Roman road were strikingly visible in the results from both surveys, although the enclosure ditches of the barrow remained elusive.
Report: Dumfries and Galloway SMR (intended)
Funder: The Scottish Government and The European Community, Dumfries and Galloway LEADER 2007–2013, The Crichton Foundation and The University of Glasgow
Giles Carey, University of Glasgow
2012
Earth Resistance Survey (3 October 2012)
NX 59646 57131 and NX 59676 57117 Resistance survey.
Report: Dumfries and Galloway SMR (intended)
Funder: The Scottish Government and The European Community, Dumfries and Galloway LEADER 2007–2013, The Crichton Foundation and The University of Glasgow
Giles Carey, University of Glasgow
2012
Magnetometry (3 October 2012)
NX 59646 57131 and NX 59676 57117 Magnetometry survey.
Report: Dumfries and Galloway SMR (intended)
Funder: The Scottish Government and The European Community, Dumfries and Galloway LEADER 2007–2013, The Crichton Foundation and The University of Glasgow
Giles Carey, University of Glasgow
2012
Magnetometry (3 September 2014 - 4 September 2014)
NX 59646 57131 A geophysical survey of the field immediately W of Girthon Cemetery was continued, 3–4 September 2014, under the auspices of the Discovering Dumfries and Galloway’s Past Project. The magnetic survey detected several barrows, most of them apparently circular, and provided good detail of the square-shaped ‘settlement’ visible in aerial photographs.
Assessment of the results in relation to the interpretation of the aerial photography evidence is currently in progress.
Report: Dumfries and Galloway HER
Funder: Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
Richard Jones - University of Glasgow
(Source: DES)
